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Located behind the curved jaw above the ear (Original note: also known as Darong). Moxibustion of three moxa cones is applied. It mainly treats carbuncles of the neck and nape, inability to speak, swelling and pain in the neck and nape, inability to look back, buzzing in the ears like cicadas, cough with counterflow qi and vomiting of frothy saliva. It mainly treats asthma, lockjaw, throat obstruction with cold and heat, and a sensation of a fishbone stuck in the throat.

Located above the tendons of the neck and the supraclavicular fossa (Quepen), behind Tianrong, in front of Tianzhu, below Wanggu, one cun above the hairline. Moxibustion is not applied here.

Located in the depression of the transverse bone on the shoulder (Original note: also known as Tiangai). Moxibustion of three moxa cones is applied. It mainly treats pain in the supraclavicular fossa, sweating, throat obstruction, cough, alternating chills and fever, scrofula, swelling in the supraclavicular fossa; if externally ulcerated, sores will grow, and heat in the chest. It also treats abdominal distension and fullness, water qi disease, belching, chest heat, Xiben (accumulation of Qi in the chest), and Qi rushing up from under the hypochondrium.

Located one and a half cun behind Qishe. Moxibustion of three moxa cones is applied. It mainly treats protrusion of the root of the tongue, cough with counterflow Qi, wheezing and murmuring in the throat, excessive salivation, panting and drinking, and sounds in the throat like a water frog.

Located in front of the large tendon of the neck, below the curved jaw, in the depression where the pulse is palpable behind Futu. Moxibustion of three moxa cones is applied (Original note: also known as Chuanghuang). It mainly treats tinnitus, deafness with no hearing, swelling of the cheek, pain in the throat, sudden aphonia with inability to speak. It also treats shoulder pain radiating to the neck, inability to turn the head, ear pain and headache, and neck pain with leakage.

Located directly opposite the supraclavicular fossa to Futu, one cun below the curved jaw, behind Renying. Moxibustion of three moxa cones is applied. It mainly treats sudden aphonia, Qi choking, swelling due to throat obstruction, difficulty breathing, inability to swallow food and drink, and murmuring in the throat.

Located where the large vessel of the neck is palpable, flanking the side of the laryngeal prominence, used to observe the Qi of the five Zang organs (Original note: also known as Tianwuhui). Moxibustion here unfortunately harms the person.

Located in front of the large tendon of the neck, directly below Renying and above Qishe (Original note: also known as Shuimen). Moxibustion of three moxa cones is applied. It mainly treats cough with counterflow Qi, carbuncle and swelling of the throat, shortness of breath, panting with inability to lie flat.

Located directly at Renying in the neck, in the depression flanking Tiantu. Moxibustion of three moxa cones is applied. It mainly treats cough with counterflow Qi, goiter, throat obstruction and swelling of the pharynx, stiffness of the neck and nape, inability to turn the head, shoulder swelling, choking sensation, and inability to swallow food.

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